Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1165: Certified Recovery Residences
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Requires any person, entity, or organization that owns, operates, or manages a recovery residence to obtain and maintain certification through the Department of Children and Families; requires certification of recover residences & recovery residence administrators rather than authorizing certification as voluntary; requires recovery residences to apply for certification by specified date; authorizes recovery residences to operate conditionally during application process; requires credentialing entity to have certain expertise; provides requirements for active management of recovery residence; requires Legislative intent to require recovery residence administrator earn & maintain certification rather than authorizing such certification as voluntary; revises requirements for when licensed service provider may make certain referrals.
What the bill says
An act relating to certified recovery residences; creating a short title; amending s. 397.311, F.S.; revising definitions; amending s. 397.487, F.S.; revising legislative findings; requiring any person, entity, or organization that owns, operates, or manages a recovery residence to obtain and maintain certification through the Department of Children and Families; requiring recovery residences operating on a specified date to apply to the department for certification by a specified date…
From the introduced text, January 7, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to certified recovery residences; creating a short title; amending s. 397.311, F.S.; revising definitions; amending s. 397.487, F.S.; revising legislative findings; requiring any person, entity, or organization that owns, operates, or manages a recovery residence to obtain and maintain certification through the Department of Children and Families; requiring recovery residences operating on a specified date to apply to the department for certification by a specified date; authorizing such recovery residences to continue to operate conditionally during the application process unless suspended or denied; requiring the department to approve at least one credentialing entity with certain expertise; requiring that such credentialing entity be affiliated with the National Alliance for Recovery Residences; deleting a requirement that the certification program is voluntary; deleting obsolete language; specifying the criteria for active management of a recovery residence; deleting a requirement that a recovery residence be certified and have a discharge policy approved by a departmentrecognized credentialing entity before immediately discharging or transferring a resident; revising a words underlined are additions. hb1165-00 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES HB 1165 2026 provision prohibiting certified recovery residences from denying admission to an individual solely because that person is prescribed federally approved medication for the treatment of a substance use disorder to be consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act; …
Sponsors
- Rosenwald, Mitch (D, HD-098) · primary sponsor
- Gerwig, Anne (R, HD-093) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Human Services Subcommittee
- : Now in Human Services Subcommittee
- : Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
- : Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- : Referred to Human Services Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H1165?
- H1165 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Certified Recovery Residences.
- What does H1165 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to certified recovery residences; creating a short title; amending s. 397.311, F.S.; revising definitions; amending s. 397.487, F.S.; revising legislative findings; requiring any person, entity, or organization that owns, operates, or manages a recovery residence to obtain and maintain certification through the Department of Children and Families; requiring recovery residences operating on a specified date to apply to the department for certification by a specified date…
- What is the status of H1165?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Human Services Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1165?
- Rosenwald, Mitch (D, HD-098), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H1165?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1165
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